ADELE

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE ( born 5 May 1988) is an English singer and
songwriter. After graduating from the BRIT School for Performing Arts and
Technology in 2006, Adele was given a recording contract by XL Recordings after a
friend posted her demo on Myspace the same year. In 2007, she received the Brit
Awards "Critics' Choice" award and won the BBC Sound of 2008 poll. Her debut
album, 19, was released in 2008 to commercial and critical success. It is certified
seven times platinum in the UK, and three times platinum in the US.
Adele released her second studio album, 21, in 2011. The album was critically well
received and surpassed the success of her debut, earning numerous awards in
2012, among them a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year;
two Brit Awards, including British Album of the Year; and three American Music
Awards. The album has been certified 16 times platinum in the UK, and is overall
the fourth best-selling album in the nation. In the US, it has held the top position
longer than any album since 1985, and is certified diamond. The best-selling album
worldwide of 2011 and 2012, 21 has sold over 31 million copies. The success of 21
earned Adele numerous mentions in the Guinness Book of World Records.
On 27 November, 25 debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and became
the fastest selling album in UK chart history with over 800,000 copies sold in its first
week. The album debuted at number one in the US where it sold a record-breaking
3.38 million copies in its first week, the largest single sales week for an album since
Nielsen began monitoring sales in 1991. 25 also broke first week sales records in
Canada and New Zealand. 25 became the best-selling album of 2015 in a number
of countries, including Australia, the UK and the US, spending seven consecutive
weeks at number one in each country, before being displaced by David Bowie's
Blackstar. It was the best-selling album worldwide of 2015 with 17.4 million copies
sold. 25 has since sold 20 million copies globally. Adele's seven weeks at the top of
the UK Albums Chart took her total to 31 weeks at number one in the UK with her
three albums, surpassing Madonna's previous record of most weeks at number one
for a female act.
Adele is a mezzo-soprano with a range spanning from C3 to B5. However Classic
FM state she is often mistaken for a contralto due to the application of a tense chest
mix to achieve her lower notes, whilst also noting that her voice becomes its clearest
as she ascends the register, particularly from C4 to C5.
Adele began dating charity entrepreneur and Old Etonian Simon Konecki in the
summer of 2011. In June 2012, Adele announced that she and Konecki were
expecting a baby. Their son Angelo was born on 19 October 2012.

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